We need more artists that accept bitcoin for their work (and posted on Shopstr).
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I’m a multi faceted creator that accepts bitcoin. Photography, music, food, the works.
I’ll have to look at them again now that they support Lightning. Thanks!
The "inbound liquidity issue" needs to be solved imo before we see more of this. Luckily cashu seems to have this on lock
I don't know if I'd recommend to anyone to ever run a business on Cashu. That seems reckless. At the least right now.
If you just use it (or something like nostr:npub1h2qfjpnxau9k7ja9qkf50043xfpfy8j5v60xsqryef64y44puwnq28w8ch ) to batch together a few orders before sending it to an on-chain or lightning wallet, it seems reasonable. Lightning really sucks at the "receiving $5 at a time over your current inbound liquidity limit" problem. Cashu will fix this.
The key is to not have much of an inbound limit 😜 But to do that you'll need to use many channels or large LSPs and buy the liquidity.
Would say the same of shopstr tbh. I've placed an order through there but DMs don't seem to work. And I have to reload by browser cache (delete all cookies stored data and re sign in) to make new stuff show up (listings, DMs, whatever). It seems really rough around the edges. I eventually got my order but if I wasn't a level 10 linux tryhard I don't think I would have.
I normally just use the integrations through Amethyst. That works well. nostr:nprofile1qqsdxm5qs0a8kdk6aejxew9nlx074g7cnedrjeggws0sq03p4s9khmqpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpzemhxue69uhksctkv4hzucmpd3mxztnyv4mz747p6g5 some feedback for ya.
DMs have definitely been the biggest friction point, especially since most clients don't handle NIP-17 and some extensions don't support NIP-44 encryption. Did you run into these issues recently (like within the last day or so) or a bit before? I released an update yesterday that fixed a DM loading bug and made processing them a bit faster (albeit still limited by connection speed as they're now fetched all at once).
This was a few weeks ago, so perhaps it is fixed now. I love that shopstr exists and I'm excited to be a frequent participant there once it's stabilizes a bit.
I just tried to load it (Firefox, Linux) and got
Application error: a client-side exception has occurred (see the browser console for more information).
Deleting all private data in the browser solved this, until I went to orders and now I get it again. Here's some stuff from console, hope it's helpful. After a few refreshes this error disappeared.
NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED: Component returned failure code: 0x80004001 (NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED) [nsIAppStartup.secondsSinceLastOSRestart]
Experiment add-an-image-to-pdf-with-alt-text-rollout has unknown featureId: addAnImageInPDF
Ohh, I've never seen this error before. How were you signed-in?
I appreciate the support as well 🙏 bug reports and complaints are always very helpful, and I wouldn't be able or willing to work on the site if it wasn't for people like you crazy enough to try out the site! 😅
YES
UNFORTUNATELY
WE ARE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT BTCPAY ON OUR SITE
THAT MIGHT HELP
OR SHOPSTR COULD RUN THEIR OWN MINT (NOT SURE WHAT THAT IMPLIES)
THAT WOULD MAKE IT SLIGHTLY MORE SECURE , NO?
Shopstr?
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My two rugs purchased by Nostriches and I accepted Bitcoin 🔥
WE ARE ONLY ON NOSTR AND ONLY ACCEPT BITCOIN
MORE WORK IS COMING SOON
FOR NOW
ENJOY THE NOISE